Nuts and bolts of grassland weed control

With the increased emergence of grassland weeds recently, Matthew Halpin takes a look at the Teagasc grassland weed control guide.

Matthew Halpin

16 June 2019

Spraying grass and weeds.

Grassland weeds are now evident in a lot of swards subjected to severe drought stress last summer.

The reason is that weeds are opportunists - their seeds are in the soil all the time and they are just looking for sunlight and the correct conditions to grow.

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